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Parents Teach Children Responsibility

Doctrinal Foundation
"Children need to learn to work. Every household has routine daily chores for which children can be responsible. Meaningful service can be given during family home evenings through well-planned home or community work projects."
(James E. Faust, “Enriching Our Lives through Family Home Evening,” Ensign, Jun 2003, 2–6)

Where the World Agrees

"Giving even the smallest children a certain amount of freedom and control over their lives instills in them the sense of responsibility and maturity we want them to have. Independence helps children learn about the real world as their wisdom grows from the results of their decisions. However, there is a downside: We can give our kids too much control, and kids with too much control are not pleasant to be around. In fact, they don’t even like to be around themselves. They’re brats. These children need to be controlled; their behavior indicates they’d be happier if they were controlled. Yet they demand more control with their pouts and tantrums. Control is power. Having had at least some degree of control very early in life, they always seek more."
(Foster Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay, Parenting with Love & Logic, p. 80)

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